Madam, - In Cavafy's famous poem Waiting for the Barbarians, the point is that the barbarians never came. RTÉ is not so lucky: the barbarians have come, they are inside the gates, they are running the show.
As a result, the foot soldiers of RTÉ must read tabloid newspapers rather than The Irish Times. If they are quick about this, they will be allowed to progress to the novels of Wordsworth. - Yours, etc,
BRIAN ARKINS, Professor of Classics, NUI, Galway.